Model Shops
Galaxy Models - Our excellent local model shop
Hyperflight - Competition and sport gliders
BuzzFlyer - Electric helicopters - home of the micro BuzzFly helis
Fast Lad Performance - Model helicopter specialists
Dumas Products Inc. - American maker of some beautiful laser cut kits - available at Flitehook
Flitehook - lots of indoor and free flight equipment
Free Flight Supplies - lots of good indoor stuff! NEW
SAMS Models - more indoor stuff NEW
Bob's Workshop - equipment for micro electric free flight NEW
R/C Wonders - Indoor models
Flying Toys - Indoor models
Model Sites to Educate
Fly Your Plane - The BMFA's Education Program site
Sky Hi Products - Suppliers of products and service to educators
Skies the Limit Designs - Including activity packs for schools, scout groups, etc.
Free R/C Model Flight Simulators
FMS - Flight-Model-Simulator - An excellent simulator with many planes and locations to fly
CRRCSIM - Charles River R/C Simulator - Another excellent simulator with an F3F glider racing mode
SSS - Slope Soaring Simulator - A good simulator for slope soaring including Dynamic Soaring!
Plans to download
Micromoth & Micropitts - 12" wingspan works of art.
House of Frog - a web site devoted to the model aircraft kits produced by International Model Aircraft Ltd.
Legal Eagle - several plans for indoor models. NEW
Various 'old' model plans
Building tips & techniques
Stick & Tissue - Indoor model construction etc. NEW
General Modelling Links
BMFA - The British Model Flying Association
Bumpy Green - Model Aerodrome
Gibbs Guides - Andrew Gibbs' guides to batteries, chargers and other aspects of electric flight.
Glider Links
BARCS - British Association of Radio Controlled Soarers
FlyQuiet Forum - A meeting place for thermal soaring enthusiasts.
eSoaring Website & Forum - A dedicated meeting place for electric powered thermal soarers.
chuckglider blogspot - Chuck Gliders galore!
Indoor Flying
Aeronutz Flyer - South Leicester Aeronutz
Clayton Green - Chorley, Lancashire free flight specialists. NEW
Hip Pocket Aeronautics - NEW
Small Flying Arts - NEW
Clubs
Phoenix-MFC - Lowestoft Model Club
North Kent Nomads MC
Raynes Park Model Aircraft Club - South West London club specialising in Vintage and Nostalgic models (fantastic Newsletters!). NEW
Weather Forecast sites
XCWeather - Data from various locations.
MetCheck - Forecast for Ipswich.
Wunderground
Weatherbug
Accuweather
Windfinder - Lakenheath
Windfinder - Harwich
Weatherspark - Ipswich - Beautiful weather graphs and maps
RASP Table - Thermal activity chart for UK
Local Causes
Save Broomhill Swimming Pool - Help save Ipswich's Grade II listed Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Other Sites
Daisy Chain Home Support - Home help around the Manningtree/East Bergholt area.
